ENTERPRISE VENTURES (GENERAL PARTNER FY SEEDCORN) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07227779 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 15.7y
65/100
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Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (62/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
23 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 2 other
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-21📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2025-12-21📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-12-21📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-12-10📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-12-10📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-11-29📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-11-29📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2022-12-21📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2022-12-21📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2022-04-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-03-31➖SIMPSON, Andrew John resigneddirector
- 2021-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-22📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2021-11-22📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2021-01-27➖WYATT, Mark Andrew, Dr resigneddirector
- 2020-11-10➖DIGGINES, Jonathan Brett resigneddirector
- 2018-07-09➕WYATT, Mark Andrew, Dr appointeddirector
- 2018-05-04➖MEAD, Matthew Sidney resigneddirector
- 2016-03-09➕GLANFIELD, Martin James appointeddirector
- 2016-03-09➕PAYTON, Mark Andrew appointeddirector
- 2016-03-09➕MEAD, Matthew Sidney appointeddirector
- 2011-05-09➕VIGGARS, Julian George appointeddirector
- 2010-09-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: European Investment Bank
- 2010-04-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ENTERPRISE VENTURES (GENERAL PARTNER FY SEEDCORN) LIMITED
- 2010-04-19➕DIGGINES, Jonathan Brett appointeddirector
- 2010-04-19➕SIMPSON, Andrew John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Enterprise Ventures Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Enterprise Ventures Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ENTERPRISE VENTURES (GENERAL PARTNER FY SEEDCORN) LIMITED
This company · 07227779
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enterprise Ventures Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies
Registered office
Preston Technology Management Centre
Marsh Lane
Preston
PR1 8UQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
GLANFIELD, Martin James→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-03-09
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PAYTON, Mark Andrew→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2016-03-09
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VIGGARS, Julian George→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2011-05-09
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DIGGINES, Jonathan Brett→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2010-04-19 · resigned 2020-11-10
MEAD, Matthew Sidney→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2016-03-09 · resigned 2018-05-04
SIMPSON, Andrew John→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2010-04-19 · resigned 2022-03-31
WYATT, Mark Andrew, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-07-09 · resigned 2021-01-27
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | European Investment Bank | Charge over bank account | 1 property | 20/09/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2025-12-21
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-12-21
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-12-21
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-12-10
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-12-10
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2023-11-29
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2023-11-29
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2023-11-29